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Appearance

Mawile are small Pokémon with a yellow and black color combination. It has a round, cute face and small red eyes. Its legs are covered by yellow flaps, with its black feet visible. Its most noticeable feature though, is its giant jaws on the back of its head. These jaws are actually a pair of horns, able to "bite" down on prey or enemies.

Its Mega-Evolution carries two massive mouths on its head. It is larger than its regular self, but more powerful.

In the anime

Mawile in love with Lombre.

Mawile's first, and only main appearance was in the Advanced Generation episode Once in a Mawile. In the episode a Mawile fell in love with Brock's Lombre, however his Lombre did not feel the same way. By the end of the episode, Lombre evolved into Ludicolo and then shared the same feelings toward the Mawile, but Mawile, not liking Lombre's new form, rejected it. Ludicolo later figured out that it has happened before and Mawile is always falling in and out of love.

Evolution

Mawile has no forms of evolution. However, Mawhile does have a Megaevolution.

Pokédex entries

Pokédex Entries

Ruby

Mawile's huge jaws are actually steel horns that have been transformed. Its docile-looking face serves to lull its foe into letting down its guard. When the foe least expects it, Mawile chomps it with its gaping jaws.

Sapphire

Don't be taken by this Pokémon's cute face - it's very dangerous. Mawile fools the foe into letting down its guard then chomps down with its massive jaws. The steel jaws are really horns that have been transformed.

Emerald

Its giant jaws are actually steel horns that transformed. It fools foes into complacency with its adorable gestures, then chomps them with its huge jaws.

FireRed

It uses its docile-looking face to lull foes into complacency, then bites with its huge, relentless jaws.

LeafGreen

It uses its docile-looking face to lull foes into complacency, then bites with its huge, relentless jaws.

Diamond

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

Pearl

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

Platinum

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

HeartGold

It chomps with its gaping mouth. Its huge jaws are actually steel horns that have been transformed.

SoulSilver

It chomps with its gaping mouth. Its huge jaws are actually steel horns that have been transformed.

Black

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

White

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

Black 2

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

White 2

Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.

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Y

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Origins

Mawile is based on the Japanese legend of the futakuchi-onna. This legend tells of a woman that had a mouth on the back of her head.

Mawile's name comes from combining the word maw, meaning an animal's mouth, and wile, meaning to lure or entice. The Japanese name Kucheat combines the words kuchi, also meaning mouth, and the word eat.

Trivia

The introduction of Klink and its evolutions make Mawile the only non-legendary pure Steel-type Pokémon before Generation V.

However Mawile is still the only pure Steel-type Pokémon that has genders.